Carole Boston Weatherford

Carole Boston WeatherfordCarole Boston Weatherford is a children’s author and poet that mines the past for forgotten struggles, family stories, and fading traditions. A number of her books tell the stories about African American historical figures like Jesse Owens, Harriet Tubman, and Billie Holiday. Other books of hers recount historical events like the bombing of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church and the Greensboro Sit-ins.